tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21123853.post9001052182462484020..comments2024-02-12T04:30:53.556-05:00Comments on Tim White Listens: McCain / Obama on bailoutTim Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16588518063096822071noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21123853.post-77330135459856431772008-09-07T20:35:00.000-04:002008-09-07T20:35:00.000-04:00They should have listened to McCain, Mr. Fiscal Re...They should have listened to McCain, Mr. Fiscal Responsibility, years ago. But most Republicans joined the Dems at the pig troth of massive debt-financed spending.<BR/><BR/>We Republicans used to be the party of Fiscal Responsibility, balanced budgets, etc. Reagan and Bush II changed all that, spending like drunken sailors. <BR/><BR/>Now it may be too late. Even if McCain is elected and tries to impose some fiscal discipline, the cow may already be out of the barn. Learn how to spell HYPERINFLATION.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21123853.post-8148215580301606072008-09-07T06:39:00.000-04:002008-09-07T06:39:00.000-04:00McCain previously opined on the Fan/Fred mess befo...McCain previously opined on the Fan/Fred mess before this weekend's events<BR/>http://www.johnmccain.com/informing/news/OpEds/91a77859-eaa7-446c-ab4c-5568c7b52741.htm<BR/><BR/>"More than two years ago, I said: "If Congress does not act, American taxpayers will continue to be exposed to the enormous risk that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose." Fannie and Freddie's lobbyists succeeded; Congress failed to act. They've stayed in business, grown, and profited mightily by showering money on lobbyists and favors on the Washington establishment. Now the bill has come due."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com